Солнцева Практический курс английского языка Ч.1 2011
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4.Great! Well, _____ check the Internet to see if there are some websites offering help.
5.And there's another thing you can do. _____ contact a finance company.
6.Mmm, it's a serious problem, _____ do something about it.
7.Or should I say, it's vital he does something about it. _____have a serious talk with him?
8.One final bit of advice. _____ getting some counselling yourself.
9.I know you don't want to do that, ... but _____ your husband changes his behaviour...
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Reading and Speaking: Getting Together 21st Century Style
In pairs: read one of the texts and summarise it for your partner, then discuss your attitude to the information you‟ve read/heard.
Before you start reading study the vocabulary for your piece:
1. speed dating - быстрые свидания
that was so nineties - это было так типично для девяностых годов time-consuming - занимающий много времени
It's all about speed - все дело в скорости, здесь важна скорость in three minutes flat - ровно за три минуты
a series - серия, последовательность, ряд up to 15 people - количеством до 15 человек to fill in sth - заполнить что-либо
within - в течение
2. a dot com phenomenon - интернет-феномен Julie's mind turned back to sth - Джулия вспомнила...
to be up to sth - заниматься чем-либо to obtain sth - получить
nosiness - любопытство
to set sth up - организовать что-либо spoofрозыгрыш
a convict - отбывший срок преступник a jailтюрьма
to be eager to do sth - гореть желанием что-то сделать apparently - очевидно
a venture - предприятие, бизнес, чаще всего рискованные авантюрыan
3. arranged marriage - брак с человеком, выбранным родителями to come up with - предложить
a CV - резюме
to be bound to be compatible - быть просто обязанным подойти друг другу
совместимыми
...and here we are... - и вот
a wedding anniversary - годовщина свадьбы
4. a leisure pursuit - возможности занять свой досуг to sweep through - нестись, мчаться по
to sign up for sth - подписаться на что-либо over tea - за чаем
buzz - оживленный шум
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Listening and Speaking: The Reunion
Before you listen make sure you know this words and phrases:
A: survival, Tell me about it!, a reunion, I can‘t wait, to fancy, bang opposite the restaurant
B: to disturb sb, to interrupt, a get-together, to put sb up for a night
Reading and Speaking: Facebook
1. Read the text. Match the information 1-6 with paragraphs A-E:
1. Zuckerberg doesn't live his life like a millionaire
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2.His school didn't like his original project
3.It is a risk for Zuckerberg to keep the company
4.Zuckerberg wants to hold on to his company
5.Facebook is expected to keep growing
6.Zuckerberg started Facebook at university
A. Mark Zuckerberg's life so far is like a movie script. A supersmart kid invents a tech phenomenon while attending college. Just three years later, what started as a networking site for college students has managed to become a tool for 19 million registered users. More than half of the users visit every day. It is now the sixth most visited site in the United States. It also rates as the number one photo-sharing site on the Web, with 6 million pictures uploaded daily. A recent report projected that Facebook would generate $969 million in revenue, with 48 million users, by 2010.
B. However, on meeting Zuckerberg you find it easy to stop thinking of him as the head of a world-beating organisation. He still lives in a rented apartment, with a mattress on the floor and only two chairs and a table for furniture. He walks or bikes to the office every day.
C. Zuckerberg doesn't deny starting life as a computer hacker. One night early in his second year, he hacked into Harvard's student records. He then opened a basic site called Facemash, which paired photos of undergraduates and invited visitors to determine which one was 'hotter'. Four hours, 450 visitors, and 22,000 photo views later, Harvard closed Zuckerberg's Internet connection. Within a short time, he had set up the Facebook template and let students fill in their own information. Thefacebook.com, as it was originally called, launched on 4 February, 2004. Within two weeks, half the Harvard student body had signed up. Before long, it was up to two-thirds. In November 2004, Facebook passed the one million users mark. By the autumn of 2005, there were five million users who visited the site at least once a month.
D.Facebook's staggering success has resulted in quite a few concerned organisations trying to buy out the owners of Facebook. For example, it was reported that Yahoo had made a $1 billion offer to buy Facebook. Zuckerberg and his partners politely told them to look elsewhere. They didn't even need time to stop and think. When asked, Zuckerberg seems uninterested in selling. 'I'm here to build something for the long term he says. 'Anything else is a distraction.' He and his colleagues are true believers.
E.However, hanging over the Facebook talk is the ghost of Friendsfer, the
first significant social-networking site. It reportedly turned down a chance to sell out to Google in 2002 for $30 million, approximately worth about $1 billion
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today. Now Friendster is struggling, trying to stay with the next generation of sites. The same thing could happen to Facebook.
2. Read the text again. Are these statements true or false, according to the text?
1.Facebook is the most popular site for sharing pictures.
2.Mark Zuckerberg behaves like the owner of a major organisation.
3.The original Facebook was only for students at his university.
4.Zuckerberg illegally used university records.
5.In less than a year there were five million users visiting the site.
6.Zuckerberg thought carefully about selling Facebook.
7.The story of another website shows that Zuckerberg is probably making the right decision.
3. Write the verbs from the box under the correct heading - verb + -ing, verb + obj + inf, verb + -ing or infinitive:
manage, stop, deny, tell, persuade, suggest, forget, try, enjoy, seem, encourage, want, remind, finish, promise , need
4. Tick the correct sentences. Correct the incorrect verb patterns.
1.Peter always forgets locking the door at night.
2.I think you should invite to come him.
3.I want to see if they have any copies left.
4.They attempted seeing him but it was impossible.
5.Do you remember walking through the park last week?
6.I am trying to practise playing the piano more.
7.Would you consider to leave early?
8.I've been trying making the TV work all night.
Grammar: Revision: Question Tags
Look at the dialogue between Caroline Bailey and her secretary, Norma. Fill each gap with the correct question tag.
–Now, what's happening today? I've got a meeting this afternoon, _________?
–Yes, that's right. With Henry and Ted.
–And the meeting's here, ____________?
–No, it isn't. It's in Ted's office, at 3.00.
–Oh! I'm not having lunch with anyone, _________________?
–No, you're free all morning.
–Phew! I'll start on that report, then. Er ... I signed all my letters, _________?
–No, you didn't, actually. They're on your desk, waiting for you.
–Ah, right! And tomorrow I'm going to Scotland, _______________?
–Yes. You're booked on the early morning shuttle.
–OK. It doesn't leave until 8.00, ____________?
–8.15, to be precise.
– Gosh, Norma! Where would I be without you?
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Language Point: Telephone English. Communication Problems
Situation: Bogdan Woyzinski receives a call from James Molesworth. Mr Molesworth is interested in the possibility of a joint venture with Mr Woyzinski's company, but they have a few communication problems.
Practise similar conversatins using the phrases below:
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Language Point: Telephone English
Changing an Appointment
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Language Point: Telephone English
Clarifying a request
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